371: Andy Bilello – Exhortation – Patience (Luke 21)

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Hi, it’s Levi.
This week’s talk is an

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exhortation by Brother Andy
Bolello from the Baltimore

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Ecclesia in Maryland that he
gave on September 28th.

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And this was suggested a couple
times from the audience in that

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ecclesia.
The title is Patience, and I

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would say it’s wide-ranging, but
I super enjoyed it.

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He touches on a lot of different
topics, goes a lot of different

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places throughout the Bible, but
everything ties back to the idea

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of patience.
And I’m I’m stealing a point

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just right from the beginning of
the agitation, which was verse

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19 of Luke 21, which was the
reading on that day that in your

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patience possess your souls.
And Andy’s opening point is how

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much of A wide-ranging statement
that is, just how everything,

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our salvation, everything trails
back to patience.

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Andy’s been on the show before.
He gave a really excellent

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episode, episode 208, which was
the weird Ecclesia.

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So here is Patience by brother
Andy Bellolo.

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When considering what would be a
good topic to speak to everyone

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about this morning, I usually
start by looking at daily

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readings and.
And I also, after reading Luke

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21, which was the New Testament
reading for On this date, I also

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was giving some thought to some
of the ideas that we’ve shared

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and our early studies in the
book of Psalms.

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And I thought perhaps there’s an
opportunity to connect with some

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very simple lessons from the New
Testament or our discipleship

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with some of the poetic language
and presentation of the Old

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Testament.
And So what I’m going to do with

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our time this morning is have a
consideration of the idea of

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patience using a New Testament
passages and some of the Old

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Testament presentations in the
Psalms and and one in the

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Ecclesiastes.
Now patience is a common theme.

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I think of some of exhortations
and Bible classes and I am

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certain that I have exhorted on
this in past, but I I don’t

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think I’ve ever met anyone who
doesn’t need a reminder about

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patience so well, except baby
Shelly been on medication

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lately, which is the only reason
why I should spend a nation.

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But one of the ideas that struck
me when reading Luke 21 was

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slightly different than the
manner which I had explored the

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topic previously.
If you would go to verse 19,

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it’s a a very succinct, typical
of Scripture, very powerful

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phrase used here.
Luke 21 verse 19 and I believe

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reading from the new King James
and will for all of my

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references, but I think Madar
didn’t read from the new King

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James.
It was very similar in the

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version that he read for us a
few moments ago.

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In your patience, possess your
soul.

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Meditate on that phrase for a
moment.

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The importance of patience is
such that it impacts our

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salvation.
It influences our lives the way

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God they looked at us, but it’s
also something that we own.

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One of the issues that we’ll
explore in dealing with

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developing our own patients is
sorting through the things in

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our lives that we can control
versus the things that we cannot

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control.
The circumstances should just

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arrive that we might find
ourselves.

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Patience is a quality to some
degree, we’re told we can

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possess it, we can hold it, we
can have it.

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We can control our patients
life.

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We find ourselves in so many
circumstances of which we really

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had no expectation.
We could not have determined how

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things would unfold.
But we can’t control our

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attitude and our reaction, the
way we respond.

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Patience is part of that.
So there’s a power in valuing

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what patients means to what.
Now the patients that is

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referred to here in Luke 21 is
not simply something that is or

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you’re waiting.
It’s not like when you’re in

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line at the store and take your
little number at the deli

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counter and I’m going to be up
in three more people.

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It’s not a matter of just
waiting without complaint.

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The manner which it’s referred
to here speaks to something

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greater.
It speaks to aspects of our

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character that include
endurance, resilience and

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perseverance where you’re
willing to hold back your own

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anxiety and and difficulties to
to meet a greater challenge.

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And I think the context of of
Luke 21 is, is very, very

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helpful.
This is a conversation between

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Jesus and some of his closest
followers, which he’s talking

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about the future and some of the
difficulties that they will

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face.
If you would actually turn to

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Mark chapter 13, which is the
parallel account in Mark’s

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Gospel of, of these discussions.
And it one thing that’s

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different in the Mark account in
Luke, in Mark and in Matthew,

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there’s there was a a day which
they were in Jerusalem, Jesus

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and his followers, and they
noted the beauty of the temple.

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And Jesus made a comment like,
despite the grandeur of this

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building and what it’s history
means to our people, there’s

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going to be a day that is going
to be destroyed and there are

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implications for what it means
for us and how we look at our

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challenges as preaching the
gospel.

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And in Luke, does he, he had a
further discussion about what

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are the signs, what are going to
be the indications of that event

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occurring?
But in Luke it keeps it very

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gentle.
And in Matthew it says he talked

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privately with some of his
disciples in Mark, actually we

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read verse 3 of Mark chapter 13.
Now as he sat on the Mount of

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Olives opposite the temple,
Peter, James, John and Andrew

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asked him privately.
I don’t know that even all of

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the 12 of the larger group were
There seems like four of his

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closest followers who were going
to be given some of the greatest

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responsibility when Jesus has
passed and departed the scene.

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They had this smaller
conversation.

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So this is the way I envisioned
it.

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It’s as if they’re off the side
on the mount.

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They’re overlooking the city.
And while they’re perhaps

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resting, sitting, you know, on
the hillside, Andrew, Peter,

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James and John come up to Jesus.
We’re talking about it a little

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bit.
When will the temple be

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destroyed?
How will we know that those

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events are going to occur?
And I think he’s speaking in a

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very intense way for the benefit
of these men who are going to

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have to accomplish remarkable
things in their life.

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He’s preparing them for it.
So the verse that matches in,

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you know, with your, in your
patience, you possess your souls

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in the Mark account.
We would go then down to verse

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13.
And you, you shall, you will be

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hated by all men for my name’s
sake.

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Picking up another part of what
Luke’s account has, but in

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particular the last part of that
verse.

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But he who endures to the end
shall be saved.

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Rather than saying your patience
would possess your social If you

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endure to the conclusion of your
life of your responsibility, you

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will be saved.
Another way of seeing that word

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endures, patiently perseveres.
But there’s and there’s there’s

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a greater weight to the idea of
patience, as the Gospels are

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referencing it in this incident,
and just passive willingness to

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hold back.
It’s about being tough mentally

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and emotionally to handle
difficulty.

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If you do that, you control your
spirit.

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You control who you are and your
character and the way God wants

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you to live.
Now how do we get there?

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How do we improve our patience
and and the quality of patience

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that has a deeper impact in our
salvation?

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And I’ll offer a few thoughts
for us to consider.

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The first is to stay in the
moment.

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So often when we are impatient,
when we become frustrated or

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annoyed, whether it’s in with
circumstance or with another

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person and with ourselves, it’s
because we are thinking too far

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ahead.
We think, well, if I can’t get

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past this, then I can’t do this
and this and this and this.

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I just handle the moment.
Whatever presents itself, deal

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with that.
Do that the right way.

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Do that with the proper
attitude.

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Don’t go too far ahead.
Sometimes we have a fear of

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missing out.
If if this doesn’t finish up

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soon, then I can’t go do this
other thing or I’m not going to

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be able to attend this other
activity.

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In my job, I deal with parents.
There’s nothing that is more

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intense emotionally than a
parent fearing for an experience

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for their child.
And even in youth sports, one of

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the most common challenges the
family will have is trying to

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put their child into too many
activities because they fear

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that their child, if they don’t
attend this particular event,

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they’re not going to be getting,
you know, whatever benefit is

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necessary.
Maybe it’s viewed by people who

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can advance their careers or
their opportunities, or it’s an

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experience that will improve
their performance.

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Life does not have a a linear
progression where like just

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because you do one thing, the
next thing is an improvement.

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Sometimes you just you make the
most out of what is available at

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that moment and then you’ll
determine what is the next best

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decision to make.
So staying in the moment means

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don’t thinking too far ahead.
Don’t have a fear for what is

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not available.
Be a focused on the immediate

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here and that something that you
can in fact keep your your mind,

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your attitude, your emotions
present and calm.

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You would turn to Luke chapter
12.

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Luke 12 is a passage which Jesus
is speaking about God’s care for

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us and to maintain the proper
perspective in focusing our time

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and attention and he tells us
essence do not work.

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The Matthew account is is often
referred to when considering

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this topic, but we’ll look at
just the way the words are

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phrased here in Luke and I I
recognize that depending on what

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version you might read and it
might be slightly different

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presentation.
Sometimes as Chris Delphians, we

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get so enamored with the
definitions of words, we look at

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the Greek and the Hebrew and we
forget, like don’t focus just on

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on that definition.
Think about the idea that is

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being expressed, which can be
expressed in several different

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ways.
And if you meditate on that,

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then you get more of the lesson
that can impact your thinking.

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But in Luke 12, we’ll pick up
reading in the 29th verse.

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This is Jesus speaking.
And do not seek what you should

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eat or what you should drink or
have an anxious mind for all

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these things the nations of the
world seek after.

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And your Father knows that you
need these things, but seek the

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Kingdom of God and all these
things shall be got added to

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you.
And I feel like I’ve read this

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passage and the one in Matthew
frequently, usually focusing on

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the idea of like, don’t worry
about money and job and where

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you live.
The Lord will see to your your

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knees in life if you’re focusing
on your character and you’re

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focusing on your contributions
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But I also know that the way
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just about worrying about those
basics about.

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You should worry about caring
for your family.

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You should worry about providing
resources for your future and

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for those you love.
But it’s more than just those

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resources.
It’s nor have an anxious mind,

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but don’t let even a a
reasonable and natural concern

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overtake you where that anxiety
and that uncertainty becomes

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debilitating.
What prevents you from

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functioning properly and gets
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Well, let’s go to the Old
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read a passage from
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Go to Ecclesiastes, the 7th
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And sometimes, especially in the
the sobs and the provinces and

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the Ecclesiastes, you don’t
always need full context to take

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away a verse or a phrase that
really can influence our

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mindset.
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I’m just reading verse 8.
The end of a thing is better

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than its beginning, and the
patient and spirit better than

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the proud and spirit.
So often we obsess over the new

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thing we want to begin, the
thing that we want to

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experience, and we neglect to
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So much of what is satisfying
about things that we can

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experience in life is the
process.

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And we’ve been so focused on
results that we don’t think

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about the progression, the
improvement we can make.

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Even the simple joys of like
learning something new.

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That is part of those steps.
Of course, a greater goal that

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we can’t control.
Appreciating what we’re

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experiencing it while we’re
experiencing it, that will

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reduce our anxiousness, our
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negative feelings that can come
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And so to appreciate that the
conclusion, like where we’ve

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fully appreciated and gotten the
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that’s sometimes better than
what we were impatient to begin.

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And sometimes the proud and
spirit of people who go too far

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to who want to be recognized or
take personal, either personal

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identity to an accomplishment.
They are worried about the line

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on their resume or the way
people will speak about them and

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not be experienced itself and
how that can change them and

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help them stay in the moment.
That’s my first thought for us

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to consider it enhancing our
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The second, I think a critical
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just know what is in your
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Recognize the aspects of our
life that we can influence.

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As I mentioned previously, our
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We don’t always have the right
skill, we don’t always have the

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right knowledge, but we can
present ourselves in a way that

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is humble and understanding and
caring regardless of

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circumstance.
Sometimes our impatience is due

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to our self belief that we know
better than them.

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Like why can’t this person do
this more efficiently?

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Because they’re incompetent,
that’s why.

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Because they don’t know what I
know, but they’re not as capable

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as I know.
And a little humility and

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willing to just to step back,
put yourself in that other

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person’s position and and
consider what they might be

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dealing with that could be
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Our anxiousness and concern.
You would turn with me to the

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first chapter of James towards
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James is one of the letters to
the 1st century believers that

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has a great deal of practical
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Not all of it is written in the
poetic form.

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The book of James has a great
deal of influence in the Old

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Testament poetry.
There’s a taking these ideas,

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but raising them in a way that
is very practical and down to

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earth.
You would let’s pick up in James

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the 1st chapter, the 19th verse.
Therefore, my beloved brethren,

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let every man be swift to hear,
low to speak, slow to wrath, for

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the wrath of man does not
produce the righteousness of

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God.
Simple ideas.

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Be quick to listen to what’s
going on, but that’s it’s not

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just a matter of to listen to
what someone says, but to

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observe the situation, the
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Be slow to speak is again, not
just about don’t open your mouth

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too quickly, but take in what’s
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Consider it so that when you it
is time for you to talk and to

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contribute that it is thoughtful
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That is based on what you know,
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And of course, be slow to anger.
Don’t let your worry or your

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anxiousness overtake you to
something that is unhealthy.

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It is unnatural, both in terms
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inability to to react and to to
compose yourself.

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But also you might escalate a
situation when you get A and

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note that as long as you’re
talking usually means you are

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not listening.
It’s very difficult to learn

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anything when you’re speaking.
You’re focused on your words,

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your thoughts, not taking in
information and evaluating it

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more than even simply.
Again, talking is anxiousness,

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worry, an exercise of our
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These are distractions both to
proper performance, but also

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more importantly, proper
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Just continue James chapter one,
just the next two verses 21 and

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22 read therefore.
So be quick to listen, be

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careful and slow before you
speak and certainly control your

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emotions.
Therefore, verse 21, lay aside

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all filthiness and overflow of
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Push aside the things again that
unfortunately are just

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instinctive that can be
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Put them to the side and receive
with meekness the implanted word

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which is able to save your soul.
Be doers of the word, not

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hearers, only deceiving
yourself.

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So receive with a humble
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Implant implanted word what you
already know.

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That’s in your heart.
It’s in your mind.

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All too often, the solution to
reducing our anxiety, to

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handling a problem or difficult
situation that may cause us to

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be impatient or unable to be
resilient, we already have the

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answer.
Usually it’s tapping into some

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experience we’ve had before,
some example that we’ve

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witnessed from family or
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Or sometimes it’s just simply
recalling the Council of

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Scripture and the lessons of men
and women of faith that can

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inform the decisions we have to
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So use that word and it’s
working.

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You know, our patience.
We possess our souls.

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The Word can save our souls.
We know that in a larger sense,

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our understanding of God’s plan
of purpose, that’s what leads

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us.
I believe that there’s an

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opportunity for everlasting
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But the Word of God, the counsel
and wisdom of Scripture also,

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they help us.
It helps us in the little things

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that cause us to be anxious
concerning to make errors in our

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daily lives.
Two well, let’s go to the Psalms

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and we’ll read Psalm 19 verse 7.
The 19th Psalm, verse 7 reads

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the law of the Lord is perfect
converting the soul.

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The testimony of the Lord is
sure making wise the simple, the

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law of the Lord.
The word is perfect.

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It has what we need If we search
for it, if we consider it, we

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make an effort to understand how
we can best apply that

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information.
It converts the soul.

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So our idea from the New
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patience influences our
salvation that the word can

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impact the saving of our souls
here the law of the Lord, it

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converts.
Converts can be like restores.

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It brings health to us, to good
nuts, just to our physical

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frame, but to our attitude.
And it’s about change.

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So much of our progression in
life that please the Lord to

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prepare ourselves for the
challenges that He may bring.

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Our way is to be better today
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And it’s a constant process.
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moment that you need to employ
patients that you might find

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yourself annoyed, frustrated,
even becoming upset and angry.

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Perhaps that’s a lesson that you
require to change yourself,

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become better prepared, be a
disciple that the Lord might

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have some greater need for you
to deploy in the future.

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Patience, however, does not mean
being inactive.

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It’s not just a passive thing.
OK, I’ll be patient.

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So I’ll just sit here quietly
and I won’t do anything.

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And I I do sometimes, you know,
have, you know, difficulty when

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we feel like we express it, you
know, patience or or part of our

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our discipleship is that we just
pray to God, but we don’t do

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anything we expect the solution
to be delivered to our front

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door.
Patience can mean, well, what

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can you control while you’re
waiting for the greater

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situation to resolve itself or
other opportunities to develop.

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What can I do?
What can I do get to convert my

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soul to improve myself to maybe,
maybe I can’t change everything

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that I’m impatient or frustrated
about, but maybe I can affect

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one or two smaller items that
are part of this larger issue.

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So when we know what we can
control, we should be mindful of

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of emphasizing that.
And part of that control is to

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be aware of change, improvement,
and development of our

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character.
So patience also means

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adjusting, revising, planning
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So often we can do the right
thing with the Lord, we are

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guaranteed.
And we cannot possibly go to all

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the references of scripture that
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The Lord will help us.
It’s just often not on our

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timeline.
Unfortunately.

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When we want something, we want
it then, and that’s why this

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topic is has universal thing
that we live in an age site that

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we become conditioned to be less
patient than men and women in

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times past.
Do you get frustrated when

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you’re at your laptop computer
and something doesn’t load like

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that?
Or when you you’re sitting in

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the car and you miss the green
light and you have to wait

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again?
So those are modern challenges

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that impact the way we think and
the idea of patients that.

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But human character hasn’t
changed at all.

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That’s why the relevance of the
Psalms and the Ecclesiastes and

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the Gospels still very much real
for us, because human character

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and the need to have immediate
gratification is the same in the

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21st century as it was 3000
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So we control what we can
control.

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We recognize that we employ
those techniques to keep our

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emotions in check.
But at the same time, we are

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active, We do, we do work to
improve what we are capable of

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improving so that we’re better
ready when circumstances do

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change.
And for the things that we

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cannot control, accept that it
don’t, doesn’t mean you have to

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always be happy about it or but
you have to know how to

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differentiate between something
that you can impact and

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influence versus or something
that has absolutely nothing to

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do with you.
Part of that is again, humility

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that you maybe you are not the
most important person in the

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world.
And I know that could be, I

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mean, that’s very hard for all
of us to understand, but accept

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that and except that that’s
where our faith instructs us to

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believe that God will provide
some measure, if not a specific

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answer to our problem, some
measure in which we can bear the

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situation, we can handle it,
that we’ll be OK.

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You would turn with me.
Now back to the Psalms and we’ll

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look at Psalm 94.
Psalm 94, I’ll just read verse

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19 in the multitude of my
anxieties within me, Your

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comforts to light my soul.
And we are to impact our

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salvation by learning what
patience is.

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And we’ve talked about that.
We can even change ourselves,

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impact our salvation and convert
ourselves.

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Look here Psalmist writes that I
have a multitude of problems,

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things that worry me and does
that sound like anyone’s life?

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I mean, it doesn’t sound like
mine because I’ve told all of my

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problems are insignificant and
unimportant.

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That’s the feedback.
I usually get it.

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But for most of us, there’s not
just one thing that you worry

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about.
There’s always you think that

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come to mind.
There’s some periods of time in

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life that things are more
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But regardless, the multitude,
the many anxieties and worries

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and concerns that we might have,
they can pale in comparison with

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the comfort and the confidence
that we have in God’s purpose

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00:31:44,480 –> 00:31:46,760
and knowing that he is working
with us.

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And that whatever difficulty
that we can’t find the solution

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for, even if the solution
doesn’t come the way we want,

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when we want, God has a much
greater perspective and purpose

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for us individually.
So we should take comfort next.

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Part of that process of staying
in the moment, being able to

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separate what we control from
what we cannot control, and it’s

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appropriate to accept those
things, is to build experience.

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We’ve all had discomfort and
difficult problems in the past.

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Draw upon that.
Don’t forget those lessons and

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00:32:37,720 –> 00:32:42,360
be prepared to help other people
around us based upon that

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00:32:42,360 –> 00:32:44,600
experience.
Sometimes by helping other

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people, by evaluating them with
a clear eye, also brings it to

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focus the best way we can handle
our own difficulty.

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You would.
Let’s read some of Paul’s advice

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to the 1st century ecclesia in
Rome in Romans chapter 15.

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Romans 15.
First few verses of this

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chapter.
Paul speaks about the way we

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work together and the way we
live together.

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We’ll read verses one through 4.
We then, who are strong ought to

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bear with the scruples of the
week, and not to please

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ourselves.
Let each of us please his

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neighbor for his good, leading
to edification.

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Those of us who feel like strong
means those of you think you

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00:33:40,640 –> 00:33:45,840
know how to handle a situation,
if you’re intelligent, if you’re

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capable, if you add experience,
help, carry, help, instruct the

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people who are weak.
The and weakness doesn’t does

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mean people who are not as
skilled or capable as you are.

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Sometimes it’s just who aren’t
as experienced.

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They encourage them.
It’s to help them.

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It’s to maybe do it occasionally
do it for them.

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00:34:11,719 –> 00:34:13,360
Sometimes it’s to give them
insight.

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Sometimes it’s really just to
give them encouraging word that

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they’re able to handle the
problem too.

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So if you are strong, you’re
capable of providing leadership

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00:34:28,639 –> 00:34:31,199
help.
It’s again the new King James

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versus the scruples of the week
is the weaknesses of the week

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see the shortcomings of other
don’t evaluate it like and write

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them off help them.
Verse 3 for even Christ did not

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please himself.
But as it is written the

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reproaches of those who
reproached and fell on me for

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00:34:53,600 –> 00:34:56,480
whatever things were written
before were written for your

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00:34:56,480 –> 00:34:59,680
learning that we through the
patience and comfort of the

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00:34:59,680 –> 00:35:08,800
Scriptures might have hope.
Sometimes patience is learning

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00:35:08,800 –> 00:35:13,560
to live with and help the
shortcomings of other people,

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00:35:13,560 –> 00:35:16,120
whether it’s at our own homes,
whether it’s in the athleisure,

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00:35:16,240 –> 00:35:20,200
sometimes at work or maybe it’s
at school, wherever you might

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00:35:20,200 –> 00:35:27,000
find yourself.
Patience is applied in our

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00:35:27,000 –> 00:35:32,120
relationship and it might be a
relationship that is short lived

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00:35:32,120 –> 00:35:35,600
because you’re at the store and
you really thought this customer

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00:35:35,600 –> 00:35:38,680
service represented could help
you the way you need it to right

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00:35:38,680 –> 00:35:43,560
now because it is a bigger
problem with your family.

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00:35:44,640 –> 00:35:48,240
Someone that you really wish was
here more often.

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00:35:48,600 –> 00:35:51,520
Somebody you really wish cared
about some of the same things

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00:35:51,520 –> 00:35:52,840
you think they should care
about.

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Doesn’t mean that you can always
change the other person or the

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situation, but you can be
prepared to help them.

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Sometimes help is even just
being accepting until they’re

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ready.
Ask for help.

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00:36:12,560 –> 00:36:18,800
Let’s go back to the Psalms.
You would share with me a verse

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in Psalm 37, reading Psalm 37
verses, actually verse 7 and 8.

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Rest in the Lord and wait
patiently for Him.

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00:36:42,920 –> 00:36:45,960
Do not fret because of Him who
prospers in His way, because of

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00:36:45,960 –> 00:36:48,280
the man who brings wicked
schemes to pass.

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00:36:49,000 –> 00:36:51,160
Cease from anger and forsake
wrath.

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00:36:51,600 –> 00:36:56,360
Do not fret and only causes
harm, right?

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00:36:56,720 –> 00:37:03,800
It’s another word for worry.
Anxiousness first.

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00:37:03,800 –> 00:37:06,320
Rest in the Lord and wait
patiently.

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Sometimes again, best response
is no response.

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00:37:13,960 –> 00:37:17,760
It’s helpful when it’s not a
matter of ignorance or laziness,

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00:37:18,160 –> 00:37:23,360
but a reason choice that you
cannot control what you wish you

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00:37:23,360 –> 00:37:25,680
could control, though you are
willing.

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Hold back.
Wait.

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00:37:29,920 –> 00:37:32,800
So that’s another thing that
I’ve seen at work.

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Sometimes there are members of
like our team at work who they

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00:37:37,040 –> 00:37:40,000
really want to, you know, create
a rule because we had one

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00:37:40,000 –> 00:37:43,160
exception to a situation.
Sometimes, like, the best thing

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00:37:43,160 –> 00:37:48,080
to do is nothing.
Is that situation likely to ever

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00:37:48,080 –> 00:37:50,160
occur it again?
Probably not.

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00:37:52,160 –> 00:37:57,120
So why rush into making bold
statements, establishing a rule

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00:37:57,880 –> 00:38:00,760
that may only create more
confusion or difficulty in the

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00:38:00,760 –> 00:38:02,720
future?
Sometimes the best thing to do

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00:38:02,720 –> 00:38:11,560
is to rest and to not fret, to
not be concerned in the way

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00:38:11,680 –> 00:38:14,840
Psalm 37 says about those who
prosper.

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00:38:14,840 –> 00:38:19,800
Sometimes we get the sense of
that we see the evil, the sin

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00:38:19,800 –> 00:38:24,440
around us in life, and we can be
concerned because of that, that

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00:38:24,680 –> 00:38:27,840
that is true.
Sometimes it’s just not just

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00:38:27,840 –> 00:38:31,800
about what we could all clearly
state is something that is wrong

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00:38:32,000 –> 00:38:35,800
and contrary to God’s word.
Sometimes it’s just things that

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annoy us.
Sometimes it’s a why do we think

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00:38:39,680 –> 00:38:42,000
like why does everything always
work for that other person?

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00:38:42,480 –> 00:38:47,720
That’s not your concern.
It’s just a matter of you, you

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00:38:48,080 –> 00:38:51,560
coming to a judgement.
Sometimes it’s just look at what

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00:38:51,640 –> 00:38:56,960
you can control and do your best
to improve upon it and what you

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00:38:56,960 –> 00:39:04,680
cannot accept it, rest.
Sometimes time will present the

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00:39:04,680 –> 00:39:08,040
right solution or give you the
proper perspective or

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00:39:08,040 –> 00:39:12,800
information that you need the
patient self and is about

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00:39:13,120 –> 00:39:16,320
building upon your experience
and knowing when to step back.

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00:39:18,480 –> 00:39:24,080
And the last idea I’d like to
share that we maintain hope and

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00:39:24,080 –> 00:39:27,080
our perspective as Bible
students is invaluable because

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00:39:27,080 –> 00:39:32,040
we know if we really give it
proper consideration that

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00:39:32,320 –> 00:39:36,560
everything we experience is
limiting, nothing is going to

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00:39:36,560 –> 00:39:39,120
last forever.
The really good things are going

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00:39:39,120 –> 00:39:42,120
to conclude.
Really difficult things are

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00:39:42,120 –> 00:39:46,680
going to conclude.
Our lives are limited, but

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00:39:46,680 –> 00:39:51,200
they’re also an opportunity.
We have that perspective.

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00:39:51,200 –> 00:39:57,800
It helps us be more reasonable
and objective to handle the

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00:39:57,800 –> 00:40:01,640
immediate problem or difficulty
that might cause us a concern of

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00:40:01,640 –> 00:40:05,280
frustration where there’s that
little bit of perspective.

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00:40:05,720 –> 00:40:10,840
That and fuels our patients our
ability to persevere and handle

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00:40:10,840 –> 00:40:14,680
the problem.
I’d like to read from Psalm 40,

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which Skip read for us at the
beginning of our service.

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00:40:18,960 –> 00:40:24,840
And I chose Psalm 40 because
this was an example that we used

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when we had our midweek class
and introduced some of the

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00:40:29,880 –> 00:40:33,320
themes that we would encounter
in studying the Psalms.

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And Psalm 40 for me is an
example of how the meaning can

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change over time based on your
life experience and your

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00:40:43,440 –> 00:40:46,240
perspective.
This is a song that first

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00:40:46,240 –> 00:40:50,080
captured by attention 40 some
years ago when I recognized that

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00:40:50,080 –> 00:40:54,640
it was the same lyrics as a, as
a song of a, of a, a popular

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00:40:55,800 –> 00:40:57,480
rock’n’roll band that I was a
fan of.

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And but when I read this over
and over again, I realized that

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the opening verse, I waited
patiently for the Lord.

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00:41:08,280 –> 00:41:11,000
I waited patiently.
Some of the roots of those

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00:41:11,120 –> 00:41:17,640
phrases I in waiting, I waited.
There’s a power in the

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00:41:17,640 –> 00:41:25,320
repetition because you’re
willing to hold back to not make

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00:41:25,320 –> 00:41:29,720
a misstep or a rash decision,
comment, or action.

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Because of these ideas, you’re
resting in the Lord and you’re

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00:41:34,560 –> 00:41:36,640
prepared though for the right
moment.

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00:41:37,520 –> 00:41:43,240
Now to wait patiently for me has
meant different things at

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00:41:43,240 –> 00:41:48,520
different points of my life.
To wait patiently when I was in

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00:41:48,520 –> 00:41:51,040
college and I was trying to
establish myself and you know my

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00:41:51,040 –> 00:41:53,960
career with trying to figure out
what direction am I going?

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00:41:53,960 –> 00:41:56,200
Where am I going to get a job?
What am I going to do that I’m

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00:41:56,200 –> 00:41:59,840
interested in?
Then if it came, am I ever going

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00:41:59,840 –> 00:42:02,040
to find someone that I can share
my life with?

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00:42:03,680 –> 00:42:06,640
I met someone who could do that.
So then we worried about how are

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00:42:06,640 –> 00:42:08,080
we going to establish our
family?

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00:42:08,600 –> 00:42:10,080
What are things that we can do
for them?

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00:42:10,640 –> 00:42:15,120
We had worries about jobs and
income and homes and place.

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00:42:16,880 –> 00:42:20,600
The principle of waiting
patiently and everything that

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00:42:20,600 –> 00:42:22,960
entails.
That is a constant.

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00:42:22,960 –> 00:42:28,640
But what it brought to mind,
what the emotions were, that can

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00:42:28,640 –> 00:42:31,760
change.
I think that’s a great power of

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00:42:32,040 –> 00:42:34,720
the Scripture, and particularly
this portion of Scriptures that

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00:42:35,640 –> 00:42:40,440
forces us to think in an
abstract way about our life.

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00:42:41,280 –> 00:42:46,160
But to wait patiently for the
Lord is also with the confidence

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00:42:46,160 –> 00:42:49,120
that He will hear whatever
difficulty or worry that we

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00:42:49,120 –> 00:42:51,640
have.
And he inclined to me and heard

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00:42:51,640 –> 00:42:54,000
my cry.
He also brought me out of the

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00:42:54,000 –> 00:42:57,800
horrible pit, out of the miry
clay, set my feet upon a rock,

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00:42:57,800 –> 00:43:04,480
and established my steps.
That the right understanding of

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00:43:04,480 –> 00:43:08,640
patience in perspective with the
manner which God might work with

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00:43:08,640 –> 00:43:12,040
us that can give us a firm
foundation.

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00:43:13,760 –> 00:43:18,120
There’s no need to be anxious
about every situation and every

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00:43:18,120 –> 00:43:25,960
problem if the Scripture informs
us, influences us, is our

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00:43:25,960 –> 00:43:33,640
resource for change.
In verse 3 of Psalm 40, he has

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00:43:33,640 –> 00:43:36,320
put a new song in my mouth.
Praise to our God.

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00:43:36,560 –> 00:43:39,920
Many will see it in fear and
will trust in the Lord.

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00:43:42,080 –> 00:43:46,280
We will be changed.
We will have something new where

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00:43:46,280 –> 00:43:50,760
that anxiousness and that
concern gives way to excitement

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00:43:50,760 –> 00:43:54,960
and joy.
That can happen in our lives, in

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00:43:54,960 –> 00:43:58,480
the resolution of difficulties.
Things that cause us impatience

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00:43:58,480 –> 00:44:02,640
and worry will also happen as we
search for the day in which the

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00:44:02,640 –> 00:44:04,760
Lord returns and the Kingdom is
established.

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00:44:05,400 –> 00:44:09,320
So brothers and sisters and
friends, I leave you with just

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00:44:10,040 –> 00:44:13,880
some ideas and how you can
consider how to be more in

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00:44:13,880 –> 00:44:20,280
control of your life, how to own
what patience is, who influence

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00:44:20,640 –> 00:44:22,560
our decisions and our character
for good.

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00:44:23,200 –> 00:44:26,040
And perhaps as we share the
bread and the wine, also

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00:44:26,040 –> 00:44:28,160
consider the example of the Lord
Jesus quest.

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00:44:29,440 –> 00:44:34,200
We faced the situations of the
greatest concern and worry and

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00:44:34,200 –> 00:44:40,280
breath and was able to be
patient in that true way of

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00:44:40,360 –> 00:44:43,920
perseverance.
Knowing that we’re getting past

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00:44:43,920 –> 00:44:50,640
those moments would be would
bring great tidings of joy for

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00:44:50,640 –> 00:44:52,400
all men and women.
Thank you.

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